Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader is a game show on FOX hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. Contestants are asked questions from elementary school textbooks, the subjects of which can range from English to Social Studies to Gym and everything in between. Contestants win money for each question they answer and ten correct questions will allow them the chance to win one million dollars by answering one final question correctly Contestants are given three cheats along the way, which allow them to appeal to their fifth grade classmates for help in any subject. They are allowed to peek at their classmate's answers, copy their classmate's answer, or be saved by their classmate's correct answer. The fifth graders are actual fifth grade students, and are chosen to appear on the show based on their intelligence, sense of humor, and personality. Public school superintendent for Georgia, Kathy Cox, and 2006 Nobel Prize winner, George Smoot, are the only two contestants to have won the one million dollar grand prize Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader has had many celebrity contestants, including Ken Jennings, Clay Aiken, Kellie Pickler, Gene Simmons, Jennie Garth, and Sugar Ray Leonard. MORE